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Friday, 12 July 2013

I’m back with the latest edition of RAF Friday…. No, really?!
Kind of obvious I guess!

Anyway, a couple of weekends back, I was having a
rather unsuccessful shufty around an antiques fair. I’m pretty sure we, mammy
and I, had been there well over an hour before I found my first purchase…. How awful,
eh? I had nearly given up hope, but then I came across a stall with several
things to tickle my fancy!

The first thing to catch my wonky eye was a tea cosy-
a purple fluffy affair- and I duly paid the lady before wandering a little
further up the same stall to the sparkly bits….I looked down and there it was…Another RAF compact (remember I already own one)... My
heart went all a flutter as it tapped danced around the table (the compact, not me!), singing out as
he went along, “Buy me! You need me! I will rid your nose of shine and I will
make you smile every time you look upon me…. So bloomin’ buy me woman!”.

Ahhh, my little R.A.F. beauty.....

Well
anyway, I did my usual “should I, shouldn’t I?” before I whipped out the dosh
and paid the lady. I think she was pretty pleased I bought it (really she was!), exclaiming
joyfully “oh, you always buy something from me…”! Well I had to buy it then-
can’t disappoint my people- hahah! :P

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Dinky, slim lined and well, compact!

I was rather pleased with it being a Gwenda "Tap Flap". The nifty spring loaded mechanism means you don't need a sifter, so it's less messy than the other loose powder compacts. Actually, in the days before Pappy had found me my current RAF compact, I used to use a "Tap Flap" every day! I must say that they are fab little compacts....

Here's a creepy hand snap (don't think hand modelling is for me!), demonstrating that a swift tap in the centre will release just enough powder to dab on ones shiny hooter! Posh eh!

Thursday, 11 July 2013

Today I thought I’d start uploading some of the beauty pages
in my vintage magazine collection. After all, it would be hopeless for me to do
a ‘get the look’ post, seeing as I’m cack- handed (in all ways) when is comes down to
the make-up side of vintage beauty… I only seem to be able to curl my hair!

This is a great little article from March 1944. No fuss, just simple makeup!

To be honest, this is my usual routine whenever I wear makeup anyway. Though I don't use an eyebrow pencil, just Vaseline, as I have unruly eyebrows that would probably look like escaping caterpillars if I tried to do anything to them!

Iassume that the foundation cream they are using in this article is a good old "Vanishing cream", or in today's terms, a primer/ face cream. I'm pretty sure that by the 1940's there was a concealing type product available here in the UK, but at the moment the product escapes me- not that it would have been widely used or available with all the pesky shortages anyway!

Oh and note the exclusion of eyeshadow and eyeliner flicks! ;-)

I tried my hardest to get my hair like the hairdo in the picture (what a beautiful model!), but I failed miserably! Still, I was rather pleased with the curly top I ended up with, hence a snap! I would so love to say that my skin is indeed fairer than Snow Whites, but that would be a big porkie -It would take a bloomin' miracle to make my skin look lovely. Alas, no, I had to use a few special effects to detract from some of the blurriness, which is why my skin looks perfect! I only had a choice of two pictures to choose from- this one and another of just my beloved kitchen cabinet... oh and that one was the only one in focus- tsk, typical!!! Anyhoo, camera batteries are now fully charged- yay!

Tuesday, 9 July 2013

Well I never… I’ve finally had a good knitting pattern haul!
My Charity shops have been lacking somewhat on the knitting pattern from for
some while, so just imagine my amazement when I came across some more to add to
my collection. I really was pleased as punch. :)

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The first bundle came from a local charity shop. I had
nearly given up hope of ever finding a single old pattern in there ever again.
Then, on Thursday, I noticed they had sorted out the patterns into neat folders
(reminiscent of my own), and I thought to myself “oh go on, it will only take a
jiffy to look in them”….and low and behold, I found these lurking in the back!

Five of the Eight patterns from the charity haul....

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The second bundle came from some lovely dealers who I know from
my flea fair trips. (Many a treasure I have had from them- including my baby’s
gas mask and set of WI sewing books.) I had a quick look at the pile, pulling
out the three that I wanted, and then I was shown a little wartime cracker that
was put away under the table…..I had to have it!

How about some woollies for the convalescing man?

Stump Sock, anyone? Certainly a pattern to make you think
eh!

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My third and final bundle, consisting of a whopping 21
patterns, came from a charity stall. I also found Mammy a lovely pair of cherry
red 40’s shoes from the same stall, and they were a bargain at £5! I’m. Not.
At. All. Envious. Still, I can’t complain as I went on to find all the
following patterns….

(there are some cracking designs in the Home Chat booklet)

Victory V?

I have designs on knitting these cami-knickers...

Beautiful Peggy!

I was really pleased about finding this one. I have a scanned copy of it already, but nothing beats owning the original!

What can I say? Last week was obviously my
week for finding patterns!

Must go, sunshine and some sorting awaits....

Tupps xxx

P.S. Sorry for the large amount of pictures… I had to scan
them all because my camera batteries need charging!